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| - I had an appointment out this way and I was parched, so when I saw the drive thru Starbucks... I headed right in.
I ordered a Venti green tea with a shot of peach syrup. To my disappointment, the peach syrup was only a Summer item, but the woman who took my order recommended the raspberry. I decided to throw caution to the wind and order it.
I also ordered a chocolate milk for my daughter. Her drinks are normally about $1.50 and mine are under three bucks, so when they told me my total was almost $7, I thought something was off.
There were only three cars in front of me and I waited about 18 minutes to make it to the window. Hmm.
When I finally got to the window, I presented my rarely used gold card (which I fully intend to lose this year) and paid for the drinks. I was then handed the most disgusting looking drink ever... a green latte.
"That's not my drink."
"Oh, you wanted raspberry in it, right?"
"No, I wanted a green tea with a shot of raspberry."
"Ohhhhh. Okay. It will just be a minute."
My daughter's drink said it was a mocha and I was charged extra for it. Before handing the drink to my 5 year old, I tasted it to make sure there was no espresso in it. I mentioned it and the barista told me that they just have to charge extra to put chocolate in the drink. Umm, you have to charge extra to put chocolate in a chocolate milk?
I finally get my drink, which was the color of Hawaiian Punch. Whoa, I was NOT expecting that. I try to avoid red dye, but at this point I just wanted to get out of there.
I was refunded for MY drink, so I guess I should just be grateful and shut up now. Still, it has to be said that this ranks up there with some of the worst Starbucks experiences I have had.
Now I know why the car line took so long to get through!
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